Pronouns take the place of nouns. Personal pronouns have what is called case.
Case means that a different form of a pronoun is used for different parts
of the sentence. There are three cases: nominative, objective, and
possessive. Many mistakes are made in the use of nominative and objective
case pronouns. Memorizing each list will help you use them correctly.
Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who.
They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when
used with a subject or predicate nominative.
Objective case pronouns are me, her, him, us, them, and whom.
They are used as direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the
preposition, and appositives when used with one of the objects. (We
will learn about indirect objects and objects of the preposition in
later lessons.) (You and it are both nominative and objective
case.)
Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers,
its, our, ours, your, yours, their, and theirs. They are used to show
ownership.
Possessive pronouns never have apostrophes, but possessive nouns do. Do
not confuse the possessive personal pronouns its, your, and their
with the contractions it's (it is, it has), you're (you are), and
they're (they are).
Instructions: Tell how each italicized pronoun is used in these sentences.
1. My choice would be he.
2. She helped us, Jeff and me.
3. You have visited him before.
4. The losers are you and he.
5. It could have been they.
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Answers:
1. My choice would be he.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
2. She helped us, Jeff and me.
- subject, nominative case
- direct object and appositive, objective case
3. You have visited him before.
- subject, nominative case
- direct object, objective case
4. The losers are you and he.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
5. It could have been they.
- subject and predicate nominative, nominative case
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